AIM Framework glossary
Time Preference (AIM Sense)
Canonical definition
The measured tendency of an Individual to value present consumption over future consumption of equivalent nominal magnitude, treated in standard economics as a primitive preference parameter and reframed under AIM as a behavioural output whose measured magnitude is substantially driven by Appetitive urgency, Intrinsic engagement availability, and mimetic exposure to present-biased consumption models rather than by an architectural property of individual temporal orientation.
Explanation
How much more you want a dollar today than a dollar next year. Standard economics treats this as a built-in feature of individual psychology. AIM reframes it as mostly a symptom: when your Appetitive needs are not secured, time horizons collapse; when you have access to I-led activity, time horizons extend; and mimetic exposure to present-biased consumption models shortens horizons further. Under reformed conditions (A-floors secured, I-domain protected, mimetic exposure bounded), most of the measured effect would be expected to attenuate.
Epistemic status
Framework-Specific Construct.
Derivation
Related terms
- Individualism
- Appetitive Floors (A-floors)
- Intrinsic domains (I-domains)
- Mimetic Premium (PM)